UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 313 



Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 A. D. MELVIN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



November 13, 1915 



FEATURES OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRIES OF 



UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AND 



AUSTRALIA COMPARED 



By 



F. R. MARSHALL, Senior Animal Husbandman in Sheep and 

 Goat Investigations, Animal Husbandry Division 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



General Conditions in New Zealand's 



Sheep Husbandry 2 



General Conditions of Sheep Husbandry 



in Australia 4 



Tenure of Pastoral Lands 6 



Flock Management 8 



Breeds and Types of Sheep in Australia 9 



Breeds and Types in New Zealand ... 17 



Shearing and Wool Classing 21 



Page 

 Expense of Preparing Wool for Market . 28 

 Selling Graded or Classed Wools in the 



United States 29 



Cooperative Shearing Sheds in New 



Zealand 31 



Education of Wool Growers and Their 



Employees 31 



Sheep Raisers' Organizations .... 33 

 Probable Extent of Future Importations 



of Mutton and Wool from Australasia . 34 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



